__/ [ Jim ] on Monday 14 August 2006 15:12 \__
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>> PCs Are Hubs of Tensions Nowadays
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>> | PCs, earlier fortresses of credibility, have now been the hub of tension
>> | for them. Their attitude is totally changed today.
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> http://www.spywarehunter.org/entry/pcs-are-hubs-of-tensions-nowadays/
>
> I can SO relate to the subject line.
>
> Today marks the first time I've even looked at a Windows box in weeks. I
> now have one of those headaches that's gonna stay with me for a good couple
> days :(
Ever since WGA was introduced*, whenever I approach a Windows machine I can't
help thinking about it as some form of a spying appliance. Whatever you do
gets recorded. With IE7, even pages you visit will reside in Microsoft's
datacentres (for good!). And the DoJ has access to these. Data retention at
the ISP's side is peanuts in comparison.
* Around the same time when Redmond's daily phonecall controversy leaked out
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